Background
KIEFNER, Charles Edward was born on November 25, 1869 in Perryville, Missouri, United States. Son of John and Anna C. (Lakel) Kiefner.
KIEFNER, Charles Edward was born on November 25, 1869 in Perryville, Missouri, United States. Son of John and Anna C. (Lakel) Kiefner.
Born in Perryville, Missouri, Kiefner attended the public schools.
He engaged in the retail lumber business and also in road construction. He served as mayor of Perryville (1900–1902). He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912.
He served on the staff of Government.
Arthur M. Hyde (1920–1924). Kiefner was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925 - March 3, 1927).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress. Kiefner was elected to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1931).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.
He resumed the lumber and banking business in Perryville, Missouri, until his death on December 13, 1942. He was interred in Home Cemetery.
Presbyterian Church.
He served as Member of the State house of representatives (1902–1908).
Spouse Jettie A. Luckey. July 10, 1895, Perryville, Missouri.